[pkananen]

I have a chord sheet for a Shane and Shane song called Barren Land

It says chords relative to capo 1. What exactly does this mean when the chords are as below? Are these numberings wrong?

E 033200
A2 x02200
E5 079900
D# 06x800
G#m 066400
A5 577600
B5 799800
F# 244322
B2 224422

[Choppa™]

Originally Posted by pkananen

I have a chord sheet for a Shane and Shane song called Barren Land

It says chords relative to capo 1. What exactly does this mean when the chords are as below? Are these numberings wrong?

E 033200
A2 x02200
E5 079900
D# 06x800
G#m 066400
A5 577600
B5 799800
F# 244322
B2 224422

No.. it's just they want you to use the capo, but they numbered the chords according to if you weren't using a capo. so put the capo on the first fret and then place your fingers on the frets as they are numbered there. leave the 0's open.

[DarylB]

Yah so put the capo on and imagine that the first fret is open or 0, 2nd fret is 1st etc.

[CheshireCat]

Originally Posted by pkananen

I have a chord sheet for a Shane and Shane song called Barren Land

It says chords relative to capo 1. What exactly does this mean when the chords are as below? Are these numberings wrong?

E 033200
A2 x02200
E5 079900
D# 06x800
G#m 066400
A5 577600
B5 799800
F# 244322
B2 224422

Here, assuming that the "0" is in fact where the Capo is, and a "2", for instance, is two frets higher than the Capo (if we are reading you correctly), then try it like this, with C = Capo. All the C's are open notes which are automatically "fretted" at the Capo, and the numbers are that many frets higher than the Capo.

E C332CC
A2 xC22CC
E5 C799CC
D# C6x8CC
G#m C664CC
A5 5776CC
B5 7998CC
F# 244322
B2 224422

Now, I'm not sure of why of the numbers are the way they are, unless you are capoing at the first fret, or, as it's commonly known, capoing in the "first position". Given that first E Major chord, that's the only thing I can imagine.

Tho, now that I look at it, it seems that the numbers are correct relative to open Classic Tuning at the nut, and that what were 0's are simply the capo at the 1st fret. Hmmmmmmmm . . . interesting.

Here, try this. Capo the first fret, and just play the numbers at the appropriate fret. (IOW, fret a "7" at the 7th fret.)

Chesh